Vol. XXII, No. 21. The Result of the Humphrey's Bill: If Taken Advantage of by Foreign Owners Would Bring No Benefit in Return. Dates for [Deep Waterway] Convention Fixed. President Taft's Itinerary. Nearly Thrity Miles An Hour.
Vol. XXII, No. 12. American Trade and Panama Canal: Advantages Accruing American Trade Through the Building of the Isthmian Canal in Opening up New Markets. River Tonnage and Improvement.
Vol. XXII. No. 28. O. V. I. A. Meeting: Planned to be One of the Most Important Waterways Meetings Ever Held. John A. Cox On Waterways. Matt Monaghan Passes Away. Arkansas Rice. Work Commenced on "Frisco."
Vol. XXII, No. 23. Waterway Policy is Quickening: A Greater Interest Than Ever Before is Being Shown by the Senators and Representatives and by the People; Rainey Favors Bond Issue of Good Proportions to Carry on the Work of Improving the Inland Waters and Canals. Bridge Likely To Be At Paducah: President of the Chicago, Pittsburg and New York R. R. Wants it Built Between Brookport and Paducah. Hoosier Boy Wins Again: Hoosier Boy Now Champion of the Lakes-Won Fre-for all at Toldeo, O. Olden Days at Vicksburg.
Official report of the proceedings of the Third Annual Convention of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway Association., Contents. 1. Morning Session, Wednesday, October 7, 10 o'clock. Invocation, by Rt. Reverend Samuel Fallows, of Chicago...Page 7. Opening Address, by Mr. William K. Kavanaugh, President of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway Association...Page 8. Remarks of Mr. E. S. Conway, of Chicago, Vice-President of the Chicago Association of Commerce...Page 12. Report of the Secretary, by Mr. William F. Saunders, Secretary of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway Association...Page 13. Report of the Treasurer, Mr. George H. Munroe...Page 23. Appointment of Committiees...Page 26. Address, by Governor Charles S. Deneen, of Illinois, Introducing Mr. Taft...Page 29. Address of the Relations of Deep Waterways to Progress and Prosperity, by William Howard Taft...Page 30. Announcements, by President Kavanaugh...Page 37. II. Evening Proceedings, At the Dinner of the Chicago Association of Commerce, Wednesday, October 7, 7:45 o'clock. Invocation, by Reverend Doctor Emil G. Hirsch...Page 38. Introductory Address, by President Richard C. Hall, of the Chicago Association of Commerce...Page 38. Address, "Chicago, Prosperous Chicago," by Mr. A. C. Barttlett...Page 39. Remarks by President Hall, Introducing Mr. Bryan...Page 41. Address on the Great Problem and the Great Law of Progress, by William Jennings Bryan...Page 42. Address on the Civic Work of the Chicago Association of Commerce, by David R. Forgan...Page 47. Remarks by President Hall, Introducing Mr. Taft...Page 49. Address on Remedies for Delays and Other Defects in the Administration of Justice, by William Howard Taft...Page 49. III. Morning Session, Thursday, October 8, 10 o'clock. Report of the Committee on Credentials, Through Mr. A. B. Wood, Chairman...Page 57. Announcement of the Transportation Committee, by Secretary Saunders...Page 59. Remarks on Chicago Hospitality, by Mr. Edwin S. Conway...Page 60. Address, the Future of Rail and Water Transportation, by James J. Hill, Chairman of the Board of the Great Northern Railway (Read by Hon. Henry T. Rainey)...Page 62. Recitation, "De Great Beeg Waterway," by Mr. P. G. Remmick...Page 78. Remarks by Hon. David R. Frances, Introducing Mr. Bryan...Page 79. Address on State and National Co-operation in Deep Waterway Improvements, by William Jennings Bryan...Page 80.
IV. Afternoon Session, Thursday, October 8, 2:30 o'clock. Address on Waterways and the Conservation of National Resources, by Mr. Gifford Pinchot, Chairman of the National Conservation Commission...Page 88. Remarks on MIssouri River Improvement, by Hon. E. C. Ellis, of Kansas City...Page 95. Remarks on the Commercial Traveler as a Factor in Progress, by Mr. D. K. Klink, of Chicago...Page 98. Announcement, by Hon. William Lorimer...Page 100. Address on Iowa's Interest in Waterways, by Mr. Lafayette Young, of Des Moines...Page 101. Remarks on Southern Co-operation in Works of Improvement, by Governor X. O. Pindall, or Arkansas...Page 104. Remarks on Freight Transportation by Canals, by Mr. J. W. Simmonds, of Michigan...Page 106. Remarks on the Cheapness of Water Transportation, by Mr. Charles S. Bash, of Indiana...Page 107. Remarks on Kentucky Waterways, by Mr. James F. Bucklin, of Louisville...Page 109. Water Transportation in Oklahoma and the Southwest, Remarks by Mr. Charles T. Madison, of Oklahoma...Page 111. Intracoastal Waterways, Remarks by Henry L. Gueydan...Page 113. Production, Tranportation and River Improvement, Remarks by Hon. Joseph J. Russell, of Missouri...Page 115. V. Evening Exercises, Reception at the Coliseum, Thursday, October 8, 8 o'clock. Address of Welcome, by Mr. Walter D. Moody, of Chicago...Page 118. Remarks by Mr. John E. Kehoe, of Chicago, Introducing Colonel Nunemacher, of Louisville...Page 120. Address, Business Men in Politics, by Colonel F. C. Nunemacher, President of the Louisville Board of Trade...Page 121. Response to Toast, "The Ladies," by Colonel M. T. Bryant, of Nashville...Page 125. Address, the Great Inland Waterway, by Mr. John Temple Graves...Page 127. Program of the Coliseum Entertainment and Lists of Committees...Page 132. VI. Morning Session, Friday, October 9, 10 o'clock. Report of the Auditing Committee, through Mr. Thomas Wilkinson, Chairman...Page 136. Cheapness of Barge Transportation, Remarks by Mr. F. A. Holmes...Page 138. Report on the Finance Committee, Through Mr. James E. Smith, Chairman...Page 140. Conservation Committee Announced by President Kavanaugh...Page 141. Address, What Europe is Doing With Waterways, by Hon. John A. Ockerson...Page 142. Report of the Committee on Nominations, with Review of the Work of the Association, by Hon. William Lorimer...Page 146. Remarks by President Kavanaugh...Page 151. Address, the Future of Rail and Water Transporation in the United States, by President Theodore P. Shonts, of the Chicago & Alton Railway...Page 152. Resolution of Thanks for Chicago Hospitality, on Motion of Mr. M. J. Sanders, of Louisiana...Page 164. Selection of New Orleans for the Fourth Annual Convention of the Association; Remarks by Mahor Behrman, of New Orleans...Page 165. Report of the Committee on Resolutions, through Mr. Alexander Y. Scott, Chairman...Page 167. Endorsement of the National Farmers' Association for the Deep Waterway, Announced by Mr. Isham Randolph...Page 171. Deep Water Songs, Sung by the Convention...Page 172. "Fourteen Feet Through the Valley"...Page 172. "Dig Her Deep Thro' Dixie"...Page 173.
Vol. XXII, No. 24. Boat Lines Request Support: Affirms Senator Burton's Statement That People Do Not Utilize Present Depth of Water-Steamboats Begging For Business. U. S. Dredge Engineer Drowned. New Machinery Being Built. The St. Charles (MO.) Boat Races. Gracey Childers Burns to Water's Edge. Hoosier Boy Wins Again.
Vol. XXII. No. 29. The Winona Convention: Most Successful Convention Ever Held by the Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association at Winona, Minn., Last Week.
Vol. XXII, No. 13. Commercial Movements on Rivers and Canals: Report of the Department of Commerce and Labor for April and Four Months of 1907, 1908, and 1909. Frisco to Enter Paducah. Motor Boat Notes. Engineer Mix's Death.
Vol. XXII. No. 26. Belle of the Bends Sunk. Harbor No. 28 Doing Well. Commercial Movements On Rivers And Canals: Report of the Department of Commerce and Labor for the Month of July, 1907, 1908, and 1909.
Vol. XXII, No. 9. President Taft may make trip by river. Battleship Mississippi at Natchez. The Uncle Sam at Kansas City. The City of Memphis at Cape Girardeau.
Vol. XXII, No. 1. Includes Lakes-to-the-Gulf convention information, new Japanese subsidies, an article on the sources of great rivers, and other matters related to America's inland waterways.
Vol. XXII, No. 36. Lakes To Gulf Second To Panama In Importance: Congressman M. B. Madden, of Illinois, Talks About the Proposed River Improvements-Channel From Chicago to New Orleans Will Be of Immense Benefit to the Country. The New Water Route. Upper Mississippi Report.
Vol. XXII, No. 2. Governor H. S. Hadley of Missouri for waterways. In the interest of Capt. William H. Van Schalck of the General Slocum to obtain a pardon from President Taft.